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hanged from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles.

One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.

Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [Obs.] "Corruptful bribes." Spenser.

The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke.

Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18.

In a manner that corrupts.

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation". Bacon.…

One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.

Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray.

Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden.

In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wronfully.

The quality of being corrupt.

A woman who corrupts. Thou studied old corruptress. Beau & Fl.

Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.

Uncorrupted. [Obs.] Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies.

The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption. Holland.

Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible. Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances. Wake.

The quality or state of being incorruptible. Boyle.

In an incorruptible manner.

The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Cor. xv. 42. The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. Sir T. Browne.